Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-02-10
NGRESSl0NAL.
SATURDAY, Jan. 20.


Senate-The senate bill to amend the
law establishing the Yellowstone park
which was under discussion yesterday
was taken up and further discussed On
motion of Hoar the bill was amended by
inserting provision for an appeal to the
district court of Wyoming territory in
cases of imprisonment and it was passed,
yeas, 40, nays, 5, The senate then ad-
journed.
House On motion of Lanhom, TEX
the bill was passed appropriating $4,000
20 enable the commissioner of agriculture
to make special distribution of seed in
the drought stricken counties of Texas.
A fter further business the house went in
to committee OF the whole on the post
Office appropriation. The bill was pass
ed The house again went into commit
tee OF the whole on tho District of Colum
bia appropriation bill and after briet
debate the committee rose. The bill was
passed and the house adjourned
MONDAY, Jan, 81.
Senate The senate proceeded to the
consideration of the sundry civil appro-
priation bill. Allison, who has charge of
/ the bill, stated that the committee on ap.
] propriations had not added a single item
/ for public buildings not already author
4 lied by law, but the bill had been re-
/ ported in the house even before the esti'
mates had been printed and the senate
committee had felt it its duty to supply
/ the amount for public buildings which
was about one and a half million dollars.
/ After discussion, in which Allison furn-
| ished every detail in connection with the
/ BILL the reading of the bin was resumed.
/ After disposing of tfty-siS pages of the
( bill out of the one hundred and four the
/ senate adjourned,
HouSc-A resolution of inquiry relative
/ 10 needed coast defences was offered by
/ MIR. Lawler and referred. The house
I then went into committee of tho whole on
/ the agricultural appropriation bill At
/ ter a slight amendT.ent the bill was re-
ported to the house and passed. The
/ house then went into committee of the
whole on the bill to consolidate certain
bureaus of the navy department After
a brief discussion the committee rose and
/ the house adjourned.
TUESDAY, Feb /.
Senate THE credentials OF Algernon s.
! Paddock as senator from Nebraska for
the term commencing March 4, 1887, We're
presented and placed on file. The senate
then resumed consideration of the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. In the dis
cussion of one Of the items Allison said
ii congress appropriated the full amount
estimated fo- by the various departments
aud added thereto what would be requir-
ed for the various pension bills, there
would be little, if any, surplus left for
The next year unless the revenue should
be very largely increased. The total
amount estimated for was about S40e,
0OO.6OO. Spooner offered an amendment
appropriating $4,000 for public build.
ing at La Crosse. Wis. IN addition to the
100000 heretofore appropriated. With
out dispos.uS OF The bill the senate ad-
iourned.
H0uSe-The house resolution request
ing the senate TO furnish the house with
"a duplicate engrossed copy of the senate
bin FORGETTING certain portious of the
Northern Pacific land grant was adopted.
The house refused yeas ll2, nays l26, to
consider the army bill and took recess,
the evening session 20 be for this consid-
Grafton of the bills reported from the
committee on military affairs The first
bill called up at the evening session was
one regulating the pay OF officers OF the
army and navy who refused OF neglected
TO provide FOR the support of their fami-
lies. The bill was passed. The next bill
called mp was the Sewell bill, amending
article lO3 of the rules and articles OF
war. Mr.. Weaver, of Iowa, gave notice
that it would take a quorum 70 pass the
bill a. long as 1t contained the bratal
provision that deserters should be brand.
cd with the letter ID In view OF the
fact that there was no quorum present
Mr.. Bragg withdrew the bill. The house
then adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. ,.
senate The senate committee on agri
culture reported back fayorsbly the house